Smith's Claims Of The Human Mind

The attractiveness of stories to children is a powerful characteristic in relation to the ability to influence their lives. “Human minds yield helplessly to the suction of story” (Gottschall 3). Going off of Gottschall’s claim of the human mind, Smith supports this with the fact that humans “cannot live without stories, big stories finally, to tell us what is real and significant, to know who we are, where we are, what we are doing, and why” (67). Smith’s claim on the importance of story applies to children in many different ways. Stories impact children in ways that might be oblivious, such as in their daily habits, choice of words, and attitude. Expanding on Smith’s claim, stories are often read to children about their cultural background,